Valley of the Dolls

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Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls: 11. The Cat Fight

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11. The Cat Fight

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With Anne's help, Neely agrees to perform on TV, but is she ready to face the cameras?

Neely’s Hollywood career is over and with Anne’s help she gets a TV break in New York but is she up to it? With Barbara Barnes.

1956: Neely's Hollywood career has collapsed. Back in New York she and Anne go to see Neely's old rival Helen Lawson in a new show but the rivalry is still there....

Jacqueline Susann's 1960s best seller. Three beautiful young women are best friends carving out careers in the entertainment industry. 

Anne Welles... Madeleine Potter
Nelly O'Hara ...Barbara Barnes
Kevin... Kerry Shale
Helen Lawson... Sally Dexter
Attendant... Coleen Prendergast
Director... Nathan Osgood


Dramatised in fifteen parts by Yvonne Antrobus

Producer: Claire Grove 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.

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